Urban 5th graders conceptions during a place-based inquiry unit on watersheds

Journal of Research in Science Teaching

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 501-517

  Endreny, Anna Henderson ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Elementary middle school; Environmental education; Field trips excursions; Urban education

Indexed keywords

CONCEPT MAPS; ELEMENTARY/MIDDLE SCHOOL; ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION; QUALITATIVE DATA; RESEARCH STUDIES; SCIENCE EDUCATION; URBAN ENVIRONMENTS; URBAN LAND USE; URBAN SETTINGS; WATER DRAINS;

CURRICULA; LAND USE; LANDFORMS; RESEARCH; STANDARDIZATION; TEACHING; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

STUDENTS;

EID: 77951562751     PISSN: 00224308     EISSN: 10982736     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tea.20348     Document Type: Article

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